Some people are told they aren’t good enough. From these people there are those who listen and those that don’t.

Those who listen may try something else, maybe it works for them, maybe it doesn’t. The people who don’t listen could be called stubborn by the pessimist, however, other people could call them driven.

Driven describes some of the most successful people out there. Sir Ken Robinson points out in his TED speech that success is completely indifferent to intelligence, or to what someone thinks you’re worth.

Some of the most successful people are not also the most intelligent, and are often thought to be of less worth, prior to success, then those that are. Albert Einstein is an example of this, but its not limited to education systems and science, it follows into creative arts.

Creative arts are considered less valuable in education than mathematics or languages, and this thought process stifles creativity in some of the most creative people on the planet: children and young minds.

Due to this, creativity is surprisingly not a big factor in perceived intelligence. Nor is the ability to be driven. As this article states, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Elvis Presley, some of the most successful artists of all time, were all told they weren’t worth enough.

They were told they weren’t good enough for a particular label, a particular venue, or particular school.

But did this stop them? No.

Their drive kept them going, and made them who they are.

The point is to try to employ your own drive to get what you want, whatever your goal: get a label to sign you, play at the Horseshoe Tavern, get 1000 fans on MySpace, make it happen, no matter what anyone else says.

If someone isn’t going to help you make it, make it yourself. Just because someone says, “not good enough” or “not for us”, that doesn’t mean give up, it means try harder.

We all love that feeling of “I told you show”. So go out and show them.

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